Steamboat Springs High School - Galleon / Sailors Log Yearbook (Steamboat Springs, CO)

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Class ls cmg===i§ cf)ool ©aps MARGUERITE CRANE. SCHOOL days are the fairest days, Yes, school days are the sweetest days In spite of teachers’ powers. For us the summer now lias brought The last of high school days, The knowledge we have daily sought Must guide us on our ways. Greet, then, with voices gay The Class of Seventeen; Greet with mirth and with play The finest class ever seen— Steamboat High school days They have always happy been. Now we say good-bye. The Class of Seventeen. So, in the coming years, dear ones, When joy replaces pain. When happy laughter follows tears, As sunshine follows rain, Let worldly cares forbear, dear ones, The while we sing the praise Of mem'ries sweet and rich and rare Of dear old Steamboat days. They bring us happy hours. Chorus

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JUNIOR CLASS Top row, left to right—Glessner Stukey, Esther Guthrie, Frances Mann, Marjorie Scoville. Center row—Hazel Hallett, Carrie Shore, Florence Wren, Irene Herold, Stella Trogler. Bottom row—Auburn Leukens and Wesley Poulson

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Salutator? CLASSMATES, INSTRUCTORS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS: We are celebrating tonight the commencement exercises of the class of '17. We are glad to see so many of our friends present and welcome you, one and all. The members of the class feel that by your presence here you are showing an interest in our future welfare. Tonight we are bidding good-bye to our High school days and are eagerly looking into the future. Our motto is “Knowledge is Power.” and because we believe this we are all looking forward to a college education. Many benefits are received from a college education. It enables a boy or girl to get out and meet people, and gives them self-confidence and poise, which it would take them several years to attain if they did not go to college. The friends and social acquaintances be makes are often of great value in later life as the alumnae form associations and clubs where one can go and associate with congenial companions; or, if lie should go to some other city, he would meet many graduates of his col- lege, would be taken in as one of them and his connection with them often would enable him to secure a better position. College education makes people rely on themselves, as then they do not have father or mother to tell them what is right and what is wrong. They have many decisions to make and if they make a mistake they know better next time, and seldom do they make the same mistake twice. Then there is the spirit of competition, both in debating and athletics. Debating enlarges the vocabulary and enables a person to put his thoughts into words. Also, by considering both sides of a question, a person’s mind is broadened. His ideas are thus cleared of all prejudices, so he is really able to grasp the truth when it is presented to him. I bis is also in line with the training he receives in a law school if a young man should be interested in that kind of work. The athletic training keeps him in good physical condition without which he cannot do good work. It also brings out the best there is in him and makes him think straight since men who are not straight are not allowed to com- pete. He learns that it is better to lose fairly than to win by underhand methods. The result of this training is that he nearly always carries these ideals with him when he goes into business. There is a nation-wide demand for specialized workers, and it is proved that the boy who goes through high school receives more than the boy who doesn’t go to high school, and that the boy who goes to college receives more after a few years’ experience than the boy who doesn't go to college. A college education broadens the mind and enables the student to face life properly equipped to make a living and maintain a high standard of living. The immigrants who stop in the cities and live in the tenement districts think they are very fortunate because it is so much better than what they have been accustomed to. But after being in the United States and getting an education their children raise the standard of living and become good citizens. Let me thank you again, kind friends, for your presence here, and the interest you have shown in the class of ’17. BURTON ALLIN.